Bloomberg Law
May 25, 2016, 11:41 AM UTC

‘Real Talk’ at the NYC Bar Diversity Conference

Blake Edwards

On a topic that’s often long on platitudes and wishful thinking, but short on results, “real talk” was the theme at the New York City Bar Association’s “Diversity and Inclusion” conference on Tuesday.

Hosted at the bar association’s headquarters in midtown Manhattan, the event included remarks from John Kiernan, the group’s newly minted president , as well as a keynote address from a Columbia Business School professor, a “fireside chat” between Big Law partners, and a heavyweight panel of general counsels and law firm managers.

Speakers at the event acknowledged repeatedly that the conversation about legal industry diversity — a notoriously intractable ...

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